I’ve also had a hamburger and I don’t even eat RED MEAT!!! Damn, it was delicious!

Hamburger with homemade pesto and salad

I said it before. I love food. I like to have a beer or two on a hot day. I love homemade baked goods and I’m pretty good at making yummy things. But it’s now time to listen to my body.

I’ve had a few headaches lately and my respiratory system is becoming clogged up again. Thankfully, I still have my sense of smell and taste, which is great but also makes it hard for me to resist good food. And when I hear the word resist, I think of Eckhart Tolle when he says:

“What you resist, persists”

I truly feel ill at the moment. I’ve eaten so much tonight that I feel sick but I am still thinking, ‘only 3 hours left of today, then it’s back on the wagon, what else can I eat?’

But I cannot eat or drink another thing tonight so for the next 4 weeks (minus Oct 27th when I have dinner plans in Perth), I will be on my health booster which will include the following guidelines:

I do not need to lose weight, just tone and get rid of the beer bloat. I know for sure that I feel and look better when I cut out all the junk that my body doesn’t need. Gosh, I know I sound like a broken record and I truly hope that someday I will get to where I want to be. For now, I will get back up after I have fallen…again and again and again.

The thing is, I secretly look forward to these “restricted” periods. For some reason, I cannot go without unless I give myself a date and some rules. Control issues? Probably, but whatever works at the time.

October and November is a great time to get healthy before the Christmas season kicks off. Nobody in their right mind tries a health plan or restricted diet during that time!!

If you’re trying a new eating regime, remember this: it’s hard work and you really need to want it bad enough to be successful at it. (Yes, I’m talking to myself here…lol.)

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I think you’re amazing how you do these restricted things. I’ve slipped again (so what else is new) & am struggling to find that middle ground between complete control & complete chaos. It’s there somewhere…

Amazing? Thanks Jo. I thought people would begin to think I’m mad for all and up & down I do….Day one used to be easy for me but it’s only 9:47am and I’m hungry. Believe me, it took me many, many goes before I was able to go more than a day or two on these kicks. Keep at it and it will eventually stick…if only for a week or month at a time.